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            The Second Amendment provides that “a well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”             That seems pretty simple, a militia, presumably military, has the right to own guns. Those few words have generated as much controversy as any other in our Constitution. In recent years our US Supreme Court has favored the unregulated ownership and use of firearms. Government regulations restricting gun use are generally found [...]

  Even if the first three topics caused your eyes to glaze over, we hope the third caught your attention. This article is designed for two basic audiences: those who draft leases and other commercial agreements which include provisions calling for one party to name another as an additional insured under the first party’s insurance policies, or provisions requiring one party to indemnify another; and those who end up litigating the meaning, and implications, of those same provisions. Do You Really Understand What It Means To Name Someone As An [...]